Comment on Islamic Climate Change Declaration

“The impacts of climate change will be felt first in many areas of the Muslim world such as north Africa, the Middle East and South Asia, so I welcome the Islamic Climate Change Declaration as timely and highly appropriate”, she said.

“I was born in Bangladesh which will be among the worst hit by climate change in the coming decades with millions at risk of becoming climate refugees. Climate change will make it more difficult for people in developing countries to achieve a good standard of health, education and economic opportunity, and this is something that will concern Muslims everywhere, including in Britain.

“Coming so soon after the Papal Encyclical, it sends an unmistakable signal that people across the faiths want to see a new global climate agreement signed this year and will hold their leaders, including David Cameron, to account if they fail to secure it."